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Sulv [he/him, undecided]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 11 months ago

US Postal Service suspends inbound parcels from China, Hong Kong

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US Postal Service suspends inbound parcels from China, Hong Kong

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Sulv [he/him, undecided]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 11 months ago
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  • LGOrcStreetSamurai [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    If American wasn’t run by as a Necrocapitalist Pluto/Klepto-cracy, USPS would be such a cool and useful public service. It think the Postal service gets such a bad rap because it’s kneecapped at every opportunity and they people wonder why it sucks, thus justifying more privatization.

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    Man is travel to china gonna become impossible before I even get to go?

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    the headline thing in particular is funny because a lot (perhaps the majority) are coming on private carriers. Even the ones that are USPS-delivered are now often using middlemen logistics companies to get it into the US first and then hand off to USPS to avoid paying higher premiums for international shipping

    But if it’s immediately enforced on all carriers it will grind peoples online shopping treats (and essentials) to a halt which I can’t imagine will go over super well

  • DeathToBritain [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    treatlerites BTFOd. NO MORE TEMU FOR YOU. JDPON Don does it again

  • Alaskaball [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.netM
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    USPS doesn’t have any airplanes. They contract out everything long-distance to 3rd party companies like UPS

  • newacctidk [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    But not Macau?

  • SatanClaus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    This is no longer true afaik. USPS is now moving packages again but setting up an apparatus to tariff every single package lol

    https://about.usps.com/newsroom/service-alerts/international/suspension-of-inbound-parcels-from-china-and-hong-kong.htm

    Ah. NVM the article updated itself lmfao

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